The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2 — Section 487

qnent'.'c or the l"idit rl'mini~N!nco of the r,11st; posod, thRt P~tcr wnlkcd triumphnntly upon with Pud,kn intuition ginn to him by tho the wa.ten. Not e. hint of it ocours, 'l'he event. And R frePh !'eRliimtinn of tho identity hundred yards wero rapidly oovorcd. either oftbo risen Lord with the l\Jvster Jcms, that by swimming or wnding tl> the shore mean• ddoiple therefore whom 1eiua loved-who while. mttl!t havo been either one of the POns of Vet\ 8.-Bnt the other diloiplee oame in the VA!bedee or 011.c of tlm hvo unno.metl disoiplcs. little boa.t. • Either what wae fil'llt dllllcribed Tht> latter supposition is ina.ppolrite from the as .. ~ 1tM,ov is now moro minutely dcsoribcd intimncy between Pet-crimd John, which the as r"-onl.p1ov, "the (same) littlo boat," or synoptic llRmt.tive, 1111d refuroncee in tlrn Acts elso they bad transferred themaolvea from &nd (',111. ii., have recorded; thnt dier.iple the more cumbrous flshing-stnaok to :the and no C1ther, the one 80 often referred tr,, smaller cm.ft which WI\S tethered to tho one of tho l!CVen, Beith unto Peter, n :ia the larger one. The reason why the other .Lord. Had he not agRin and again done disciples oamo in the bo1Lt is given in the wffl'.ldrnus thing11 of y,ow0l', wisdom, and pa.re'llthesis : (for they were not far from the love 011 this very IJJ'lot, in these vel'y wntere? land, bnt ns it were two hundred oubita off); So John eomea intuitively u.d v.;th true in- i.e. about three hundred feot, half a ete.dium, llight to the MCred truth and ;reality, nnd hia a h.undredJards. 'A,r~ to denote distance conduct is ngain contrasted -wonderti:Jlly with from, is us in this Gospel (see note, eh. xi. the energetic and impulsive Peter (oh. z:x. 5, 18)and the,Revelo.tion(xiv. 20). The disciples 6). The eame relative oho.mct.eristics<>fthe came in the bo1Lt over this distnnce, dragging two apolltles have b81111 prese:rvcd. throughout the net (full) of fishes. 'lJho net was not the fivefold nn.rrative. Such a eontrast 80 brok-en;though filled, They did not further delicately and persistently sustained Jonds attempt to lift it; they he.uled"it to the shore ccrtninty to the objective reality, Aocord- as it wns. Strause, who tries to show th1Lt i:ngly Sim.on Peter, when he heard, It is the we have a glorifying myth framed out of Lord-for the words :flashed conviction into an emo.lgom of the no.rre.tives of the first him-hurried at onoe to put his new idea mir111::nlous draught and that of Peter we.lli- to pmcticoJ proof. The word of John ing on the water, is singule.rly unfortune.te; ai.tisfied him, and, not seeing for himself for there is less of the supernatnro.l in the what John sa,v with mental eye, he accepted etmy than in either of the two narratives to the joyful news, and wos the first to spring which he refers. into the eeo.. and, '\rith his nsunl ener/IT, to0 Ver. !J.--So .when they were oome .to•la.nd oa.st himself at his Mast.er's feet. He gi..-t (literally, with Revised Version, got out of ms ooat about him (far hB was naked). The tM boat ttpon tl,,e land ; ~ reads J.vl/3110-a.11 word "Y'J/U'l,s does not mean perfectly node. insteatl of tl.1rl/371rra11), they see a fire of ooala A man who hnd simply the X"rf," or tunio there. The word J.v8pa.1da. occurs only in eh. upon him W1IB practically thus regarded. xvi.ii. 18 and in this place. It is derived The word ,,.,,,,,1,, occurs in Isa. :a:. 2; l Sam, from &8p~. e. "co::tl of fire," or burning m. 24 ; Job xxi ,. 10 in the so.me sense. The charcoal. Observe the form 1mp.{v7111 (of. proper narue for the tnmo, or garment next eh. ii, 6), which implies that tbe burning the skin, was wolit'rrr,s, 11.tld that which wo.s brazier was placed there for o. purpose. And J>nt Of7fl1' the tonic wasJ,re~ and lrri118uµa. fiah lo.id thereon, and a loaf, 1 ('O,j,rip,ov and (Meyer and W-ettetein, in.foe.). The Talmud o,j,rip,a., used both in the singular o.nd the has Aramaized the word, oalling it -ttn1.Dl' plural for the roast relish eaten with b1-e1Ld, (ependetlta), and ueed it for the workman's and, by reason of the cnstomnry food of the frock or blouse, often without sleeves, and people, is often used for " fish" or" fishes.") wtened with a .girdle. Dr. Salmond trnly Our Lord was regarding the whole of this pro- saye that this referenoe to an act which ceeding from the standing of one who would io ordinary men would he.ve suggested a meet their hunger, and. was conscious of different &1T11.I1ge~nt of dress, reveals the power to feed the world in its utmost need. e,-e-witneee. Hengstenberg enggeets tha.t So the provision whieh was .thus mude in Peter simply girded his upper garment for adve.nce for the need of the disciples be- the purpose of' swimming more easily; but, oomce symbolic of <Jhrist's power to. moet u Luthardt observes, with this nr,"3wytS all the we.nts of the dying world. , Numerous akee.dy npon-him, he w<Hlld not have been speculations ha.ve- been haznrded about the .. n.o.ked" And he east himself into the eea., method employed by onr Lord to prepare intending, whate'l'el' might be the fate -of this meal. , The ~rly Fo.thers,, Chryeostom, ihc Laden net, to be ttie finlt to greet and Thoophylact, with Grotius, ho.ve 11,ppealed worship the Lord. Of the reception he met with John aays nothing: he hew 1 I# A ftsh'' -and "a loaf" are put in tho nothing. The Lord had some special in- margin of the Revised Version, in contl'ost etru.ction for him e. little l.ater. It is not in with the many fishes. whieh o.re now at their harmony with !be words, (18 Gerhllrd enp- dispose.I. en, xx.r. 1-26.] 'l'HE GOSPEL .ACCORDING TO S'l'. JOHN.